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In 2014, I started doing two things that put a severe cramp in my free time: working, and walking/getting tortured weekly at the YMCA/eating vegetables. Last week, it occurred to me that if someone were to ask me what I … Continue reading →

A post that got tossed around a lot at the end of the school year was this story, telling us all about how to give your kids a 70’s summer. They’ll play outside all day! And make things out of … Continue reading →

By now, most of you have heard some variation of this story. I slept through this overnight brouhaha, which happened overnight between Sunday and Monday. It took a while to get the official story, and lots of unofficial stories came out … Continue reading →

Greetings, humans! Today, we heard something coming from the park and we wanted to investigate. And when you want to investigate something in the park, do you bring something dumb and useless like a cat? No, you bring the best … Continue reading →

District 58 sent an email to El Sierra parents yesterday afternoon informing them that the 1:1 Tablet Program (iPad Minis) has been expanded to include all grades but kindergarten: “After careful consideration, we are proud to announce that at El … Continue reading →

I can see a fun run massing outside my house, and police cars and golf carts are cruising around. Yet I received no flyer to warn me of such an event. There is a chance it was delivered but flew … Continue reading →

I think it’s great our middle schoolers are not only aware of what terrible things happen in the world outside our happy little suburban American bubble, but are willing to do something about it. If you can, you should go and … Continue reading →